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Jean-Michel Atlan
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
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Description
- Jean-Michel Atlan
- Aboda Zara
- signed and dated 58; signed, titled and dated 58 on the stretcher
- oil on canvas
- 96,5 x 145,5 cm; 38 x 57 1/4 in.
- Executed in 1958.
Provenance
Galerie Bing, Paris
Collection Tanya Bing, Cannes
Galerie Melki, Paris
Sale: Perrin, Royere, Lajeunesse, 14 June 1987, lot 95
Collection Alain & Candice Fraiberger
Collection Tanya Bing, Cannes
Galerie Melki, Paris
Sale: Perrin, Royere, Lajeunesse, 14 June 1987, lot 95
Collection Alain & Candice Fraiberger
Exhibited
Cannes, Galerie Tanya Bing, Atlan, December 1965 - February 1966; catalogue, no. 6
Valreas, Château de Simiane, Jean-Michel Atlan, July - August 1967; catalogue, no. 1
Valreas, Château de Simiane, Jean-Michel Atlan, July - August 1967; catalogue, no. 1
Literature
Jacques Polieri, Atlan, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre complet, Paris, 1996, pp. 314, 315, no. 529, illustrated in colour
Condition
The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the colours are deeper and warmer in the original work. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. Under Ultra Violet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. The work is in very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Atlan is unclassifiable. His work is both abstract and figurative, expressionist and automatic, surrealist and primitivistic. His art escapes all dogmas. He upsets the traditional relationship between form and figure and breaks with perspective. Under the movements of his brush, the motif opens across the space of the canvas, creating strange contrasts and abandoning matter to itself. An unprecedented bestiary of forms appears. Shadows of buried gods and idols against which the treaty of Talmud Aboda Zara warns.
With its earthy tones and ancestral totems, its rhythmic composition and dramatic contrasts, Aboda Zara is placed under the sign of drama. An antique and probably mythical drama through which Atlan attempts to regain the world of before. The better to understand the agitation of the world today.